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Should I ship a Psychological-Horror Looter Shooter?
Looter Shooter + Psychological Horror
Only 11 developers shipped a Psychological-Horror Looter Shooter in the last 2 years, too few for firm odds: the middle one made est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.; the top game by est. revenue, Escape from Tarkov, made about est. revenue: est. copies × today's US list price; gross, before Steam's cut, taxes and refunds. See method.. 28 more are announced, ×4.7 for every developer who shipped in the last year.
Verdict: poor odds, for a 8 / 10 build.
The middle developer here made $180, ×0.1 the market's $1.5k for a 8 / 10 build, and 3 in 10 made under $140. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper, while revenue is up 4205% on the market.
not enough cohorts to draw
| Bottom 30% | $135 (exactly $135) |
|---|---|
| Median | $180 (exactly $180) |
| Top 25% | $19k (exactly $18,663) |
| Top 5% | $84M (exactly $83,719,253) |
| Developers, 2 yr | 11 |
| Released games | 25 |
| Announced | 28 |
| Effort | 8 / 10 |
| AI-buildability | Low |
| Typical price | $5.99 |
momentum: how a niche's revenue percentiles and developer count moved between two equal, adjacent periods, divided by the market's own move. See method., 12 months: revenue up 4205% on the market, supply 20% more developers than the period before.
Free games: 12%, excluded from money figures.
Can AI deliver it?
AI-buildability for this niche is low: the lowest rating among its tags.
- Looter Shooter
- effort 8 / 10 · low · online co-op and a loot economy on top of a shooter
- Psychological Horror
- effort 3 / 10 · high · effort 3 sits in the high band
What it takes
- Effort
- 8 / 10 · online systems, open world
- Systems
- Looter Shooter
- Price point
- $5.99 typical
Why players buy here
The top 10 games average 49% positive over 56,034 reviews.
What kills games here
3 in 10 developers made under $140. All of the 5 games released 1 to 2 years ago have fewer than 100 reviews. 28 games are announced against 6 developers who shipped in the last year, ×4.7 per shipper.
Adjacent niches
Looter Shooter with a different setting or mood, ranked by verdict then median.
- + MechsFair
- + Vehicular CombatFair
- + IdlerFair
- + 3D PlatformerLong shot
- + Extraction ShooterPoor odds
- + Online Co-OpPoor odds
- + Co-opPoor odds
- + Twin Stick ShooterPoor odds
- + DystopianPoor odds
- + Base BuildingPoor odds
- + Character CustomizationPoor odds
- + Inventory ManagementPoor odds
Comparable games
Escape from Tarkov 2025 · $84M 
Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League 2024 · $27M 
Nightmare Reaper 2022 · $2.5M 
Dreadweave 2026 · EA · $31k 
Territory 2022 · EA · $26k | Capsule | Game | Released | Price | Reviews | Est. copies | Est. revenue | Developer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Escape from Tarkov | $49.99 | 55,824 49% | 1.7M | $84M (exactly $83,719,253) | Battlestate Games | |
| | Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League | older | $69.99 | 12,718 60% | 382k | $27M (exactly $26,703,985) | Rocksteady Studios |
| | Nightmare Reaper | older | $24.99 | 3,394 93% | 102k | $2.5M (exactly $2,544,482) | Blazing Bit Games |
| | Dreadweave | · EA | $9.99 | 105 72% | 3.2k | $31k (exactly $31,468) | DeadGrass Games |
| | Territory | · EA older | $14.99 | 57 64% | 1.7k | $26k (exactly $25,633) | Threat Vector |
 | Deformed | older | $4.99 | 163 95% | 4.9k | $24k (exactly $24,401) | Deformed Studios |
 | Containment Corp, Inc. | · EA | $6.99 | 89 89% | 2.7k | $19k (exactly $18,663) | Lich & Lily |
 | TuHou Remilia - Begin Of Scarlet Family | older | $6.99 | 33 9% | 990 | $6.9k (exactly $6,920) | CoKe_Deer |
 | FEAR background | older | $9.99 | 23 13% | 690 | $6.9k (exactly $6,893) | 5K Gamers |
 | Holiday Time | older | $0.99 | 145 78% | 4.4k | $4.3k (exactly $4,306) | Eternal Lighthouse |
 | ASHWAKE | · EA | $14.99 | 8 62% | 240 | $3.6k (exactly $3,598) | Ghost Development |
 | The Great Smog | · EA | $12.99 | 2 50% | 60 | $779 (exactly $779) | JFi Games |
 | Desperate Travelers | $5.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $180 (exactly $180) | Microlab | |
 | Coin Hunter | · EA | $4.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $150 (exactly $150) | Autistic players Studio |
 | JAMBREDREK: PURE DETECTIVE | $2.25 | 2 100% | 60 | $135 (exactly $135) | Devils On The Loose | |
 | North Sentinel Island | $3.99 | 1 100% | 30 | $120 (exactly $120) | MasterHanzi | |
 | Flooded Lands | $2.99 | 1 0% | 30 | $90 (exactly $90) | OpxGaming |
Estimates: copies = reviews × 30, gross = copies × list price.
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